/snarf/ 1. To grab, especially to grab a large document or file for the purpose of using it with or without the author's permission. See also BLT. 2. (Unix) To fetch a file or set of files across a network. See also blast. 3. To acquire, with little concern for legal forms or politesse (but not quite by stealing). "They were giving away samples, so I snarfed a bunch of them." 4. Synonym for slurp. "This program starts by snarfing the entire database into core." 5. (GEnie) To spray food or programming fluids due to laughing at the wrong moment. This sense appears to be widespread among mundane teenagers - ESR. 6. This term was mainstream in the late 1960s, meaning "to eat piggishly". It may still have this connotation in context. 7. A creature on the Thundercats, fond of eating, usually covertly. [Jargon File] (1995-02-21)

1. v.
1) To eat messily, noisily, and quickly; also, to have food come out of one's facial orifices.
I snarfed my lunch because I only had ten minutes to eat.
2) To consume totally and in secret.
Hey, Chris shouted, who snarfed all the biscuits?
2. n.
1) an unlikeable, ugly, or unappealing person
2) A unit of measurement, roughly equal to 1/16th of an inch (approx. 1.6mm)
Can be divided into an arf (one-half snarf, 1/32nd inch) and an rf (one-quarter snarf, 1/64th).
Hey Bobby! This piece of wood you cut is too long. Take a snarf more off, would ya?
3) Drinking and then spraying liquid out your nose.
Hahaha! You flat out snarfed that Sprite. Want a tissue?
4) getting a great item at a low price at an antique auction
I really snarffed up that item fast